2013年6月大学英语4级考试真题

2013年6月大学英语4级考试真题Totalscore：710Totaltimeallowed：125minutes特注：2013年6月大学四级考试采用多题多卷形式，本试卷含两套写作题，考生可以任选其一。PartIWriting(多题多卷写作题1)(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsontheimportanceofdoingsmallthingsbeforeundertakingsomethingbig.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.PartIWriting(多题多卷写作题2)(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsontheimportanceofreadingliterature.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-1O,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.CanDigitalTextbookTrulyReplacethePrintKind?Theshortcomingsoftraditionalprinteditiontextbooksareobvious:Forstartersthey'reheavy,withtheaveragephysicstextbookweighing3.6pounds.They'realsoexpensive,especiallywhenyoufactorintheaveragecollegestudent'slimitedbudget,typicallycostinghundredsofdollarseverysemester.Buttheworstpartisthatprintversionoftextbooksareconstantlyundergoingrevisions.Manyprofessorsrequirethattheirstudentsuseonlythelatestversionsintheclassroom,essentiallyrenderingoldertextsunusable.Forstudents,itmeansthey'rebasicallystuckwithafourpoundpaper-weightthattheycan'tsellback.Whichiswhydigitaltextbooks,iftheyliveuptotheirpromise,couldhelpeasemanyoftheseshortcomings.Buttillnow,they'vebeensomethinglikeamirage(幻影)inthedistance,morelikeahazy(模糊的)dreamthananactualreality.Imaginethepromise:Carryingallyourtextbooksina1.3poundiPad?Itsoundsalmosttoogoodtobetrue.Butthereareafewpilotschoolsalreadymakingthetransition(过度)overtodigitalbooks.UniversitieslikeCornellandBrownhavejumpedonboard.AndonemedicalprogramattheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,gavetheirentireclassiPadswithwhichtodownloadtextbooksjustlastyear.Butnotallwereeagertojumpaboard.PeopleweretiredofusingtheiPadtextbookbesidesusingitforreading,saysKalpitShah,whowillbegoingintohissecondyearatlrvine'smedicalprogramthisfall.Theyweren'tusingitasasourceofcommunicationbecausetheycouldn'treadorwriteinit.SoathirdofthepeopleinmyprogramwereusingtheiPadinclasstotakenotes,theotherthirdwereusinglaptopsandthelastthirdwereusingpaperandpencil.Thereasonithasn'tcaughtonyet,hetellsme,isthatthefunctionalityofe-editiontextbooksisincrediblylimited,andsomestudentsjustaren'tmotivatedtolearnnewstudybehavior.ButanewapplicationcalledInklingmightchangeallthat.Thecompanyjustreleasedanupdatedversionlastweek,andit'llbeutilizedinover50undergraduateandgraduateclassroomsthiscomingschoolyear.Digitaltextbooksarenotgoingtocatchon,saysInklingCEOMattMaclnnisashe'sgivingmeademo(演示)overcoffee.WhatImeanbythatisthecurrentperspectiveofthedigitaltextbookisit'sanexactcopyoftheprintbook.There'sCourseSmart,etc.,theseguyswhotakeanyimageofthepageandputitonascreen.Ifthat'showwe'redefiningdigitaltextbooks,there'snohopeofthatbecomingamainstreamproduct.HecallsInklingaplatformforpublisherstobuildrichmultimediacontentfromthegroundup,withaheavyemphasisonreal-worldfunctionality.Thetraditionaltextbookmerelyservesasaskeleton.AtfirstglanceInklingisanimpressiveexperience.Afterswiping(敲击)intotheiPadapp(软件),whichyoucangetforfreehere,heopensupafewdifferenttypesoftextbooks.Upfirstisachemistrybook.Theboottimeisprettyfast,andhenavigatesthrough(浏览)afewchaptersbeforeswipingintoafullyrendered3Dmoleculethatcanbespunaroundtoviewitsvariousbuildingblocks.Publishersgiveusallofthesourcemedia,artwork,videos,hesays,Wehelpthemthinkthroughhowtoactuallybuildsomethingforthisplatform.Nexthepullsupamusiccompositiontextbook,completewithplayabledemos.It'salearningexperiencethatattacksyoufrommultiplesensorydirections.It'sclearwhythiswouldbesomethingamusicmajorwouldlove.ButthemostexcitingpartaboutInkling,tome,isitsnotation(批注)system.Here'showitworks!Whenyoupurchaseausedprintbook,itcomeswithitspreviousowner'shighlightsandnotesinthemargins.Itusestheexperienceofsomeonewhoalreadywentthroughtheclasstohelpimproveyourreading(howmuchyoutrusteachnotationisobviouslyuptoyou).Butwithlnkling,youcanhighlightapieceofcontentandmakenotes.Here'swherethingsgetinteresting,though:Ifaparticularlyimportantpassageishighlightedbymultiplelnklingusers,thatinfbrmationisstoredonthecloudandisavailableforanyonereadingthesametextbooktocomeacross.ThaimeansusershaveaccesstonotesfromnotonlytheirclassmatesandFacebookfriends,butanyonewhopurchasedthebookacrossthecountry.Thebestcommentsarethensorteddemocraticallybyavotingsystem,meaningthatyoursociallearningexperienceissharedwiththebestandbrightestthinkers.Asabonus,professorscanevenchimein(插话)ondiscussions.They'llbeabletoanswerthequestionsofstudentswhoareintheirclassdirectlyviatheinteractivebook.Ofcourse,Inklingaddressesseveraloftheothershortcomingsintraditionalprintaswell.Textbookversionsarecon